This phenomenon is compli
This phenomenon is complicated by experimental evidence of a 12.7 eV and a 23 eV band both being present in the photoelectron spectrum of methane. Inaccurate models invoke this phenomenon to explain phosphorus pentachloride's apparent octet rule violation. The results of this phenomenon have adequate (*) overlap and directionality to form linear combinations that give molecular orbitals. A byproduct formed by orbitals that do not participate in this phenomenon is a pi bond. For 10 points, name this phenomenon wherein atomic orbitals mix in order to form bonds and which may be, for example, "sp2" or "sp3."
This phenomenon is complicated by experimental evidence of a 12.7 eV and a 23 eV band both being present in the photoelectron spectrum of methane.
orbital {hybridization}